Dennis Lamp

HandednessBats Right · Throws Right

Listed at6 ft 4 in · 200 lb

BornSeptember 23, 1952 · Los Angeles, CA, USA

MLB debutAugust 21, 1977

Final gameJune 6, 1992

Seasons16 (1977–1992)

Chicago Cubs 1977–1980; Chicago White Sox 1981–1983; Toronto Blue Jays 1984–1986; Oakland Athletics 1987; Boston Red Sox 1988–1991; Pittsburgh Pirates 1992

Percentile snapshot

1982 season — qualified pitchers

96.6

16.9

80.9

97.8

11.2

SHO

60.7

206

52.8

56.2

60.7

14.6

93.3

189.7

37.1

ERA

3.99

WHIP

1.397

23.6

K/9

3.70

16.9

FIP

3.51

69.7

FIP-

86.5

76.4

ERA+

101.8

41.6

sWAR

2.0

of 90 qualified 1982 pitchers (min 162 IP)

Career, era-adjusted

ERA+

102.5

48.7

sWAR

20.0

93.6

ERA+ measured against qualified careers (1,000+ IP), 1,334 of them; sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.

Season by season

Batting

Season	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC+	OPS+	wOBA	sWAR
1977	11	8	8	0	3	0	2	0	2	.375	.375	.375	.750	95.2	93.4	.344	-0.3
1978	37	76	73	1	15	2	3	0	17	.205	.205	.233	.438	1.2	16.8	.203	4.1
1979	38	67	58	2	9	1	1	2	9	.155	.183	.172	.356	-20.1	-5.9	.171	3.2
1980	41	72	61	3	6	0	1	4	9	.098	.154	.098	.252	-44.5	-30.3	.132	-1.6
1981	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3.1
1982	44	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2.0
1983	49	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1.7
1984	56	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.4
1985	53	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2.1
1986	40	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0
1987	36	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0
1988	46	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1.4
1989	42	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3.4
1990	47	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.3
1991	51	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.4
1992	21	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-134.8	-100.0	.000	-0.3

Pitching

Season	G	GS	W	L	SV	CG	SHO	H	ER	BB	SO	HR	IP	ERA	WHIP	K/9	FIP	FIP-	ERA+	sWAR
1977	11	3	0	2	0	0	0	43	21	8	12	3	30.0	6.30	1.700	3.60	4.23	98.5	68.2	-0.3
1978	37	36	7	15	0	6	3	221	82	56	73	16	223.7	3.30	1.238	2.94	3.70	93.7	119.8	4.1
1979	38	32	11	10	0	6	1	223	78	46	86	14	200.3	3.50	1.343	3.86	3.51	86.3	116.0	3.2
1980	41	37	10	14	0	2	1	259	117	82	83	16	202.7	5.20	1.683	3.69	4.18	108.0	74.5	-1.6
1981	27	10	7	6	0	3	0	103	34	43	71	4	127.0	2.41	1.150	5.03	2.87	80.0	148.9	3.1
1982	44	27	11	8	5	3	2	206	84	59	78	9	189.7	3.99	1.397	3.70	3.51	86.5	101.8	2.0
1983	49	5	7	7	15	1	0	123	48	29	44	6	116.3	3.71	1.307	3.40	3.59	86.3	112.1	1.7
1984	56	4	8	8	9	0	0	97	43	38	45	9	85.0	4.55	1.588	4.76	4.44	108.9	89.6	0.4
1985	53	1	11	0	2	0	0	96	39	27	68	7	105.7	3.32	1.164	5.79	3.08	73.4	126.4	2.1
1986	40	2	2	6	2	0	0	93	41	23	30	5	73.0	5.05	1.589	3.70	3.81	90.3	83.4	0.0
1987	36	5	1	3	0	0	0	76	32	22	36	5	56.7	5.08	1.729	5.72	3.97	94.3	82.8	0.0
1988	46	0	7	6	0	0	0	92	32	19	49	3	82.7	3.48	1.343	5.33	2.87	69.9	117.8	1.4
1989	42	0	4	2	2	0	0	96	29	27	61	4	112.3	2.32	1.095	4.89	2.95	72.3	175.6	3.4
1990	47	1	3	5	0	0	0	114	55	30	49	10	105.7	4.68	1.363	4.17	4.05	99.7	86.6	0.3
1991	51	0	6	3	0	0	0	100	48	31	57	8	92.0	4.70	1.424	5.58	3.91	92.0	90.5	0.4
1992	21	0	1	1	0	0	0	33	16	9	15	3	28.0	5.14	1.500	4.82	4.28	122.5	67.9	-0.3

sWAR is the season TOTAL for a player who both hit and pitched: the record book carries one figure per season, not a split, so the same number appears on both lines rather than being counted twice.

Career totals

Batting

639

224

201

RBI

.1642

OBP

.1884

SLG

.1791

OPS

.3675

Pitching

G (P)

639

187th-most career G (P)

163

480th-most career SV

SHO

1,831

SO (P)

857

BB allowed

549

ERA

3.928

WHIP

1.3787

K/9

4.21

A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.

Best games

Batting

Date	Game	AB	R	H	RBI	TB
1978-06-09	SD @ CHC Gameday	4	0	2	2	2
1977-08-21	LAD @ CHC Gameday	2	0	2	0	2
1978-04-30	CHC @ ATL Gameday	2	1	2	0	2
1978-09-03	HOU @ CHC Gameday	2	0	2	0	2
1979-05-22	CHC @ NYM Gameday	2	0	2	0	2

Pitching

Date	Game	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
1981-06-08	TOR @ CWS Gameday	8.2	6	2	2	1	8	0
1981-09-24	CWS @ LAA Gameday	9.0	4	1	1	2	7	0
1982-07-07	DET @ CWS Gameday	9.0	5	0	0	0	7	0
1979-07-13	CHC @ CIN Gameday	8.2	6	1	1	0	7	0
1980-06-05	CHC @ WSH Gameday	6.1	8	2	2	0	7	1

Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.